Ariz. senator opposes Common Core because 'fuzzy math' substitutes letters for some numbers (!?)

[Newsjock]

Source: Capitol Media Services

Ignoring pleas from business leaders, the Senate Education Committee voted 6-3 along party lines Thursday to bar Arizona from implementing the Common Core standards the state adopted just four years earlier.

Sen. Al Melvin, R-Tucson, who championed SB 1310, said he does not doubt that the concept of some nationally recognized standards started out as a "pretty admirable pursuit by the private sector and governors.''

... Melvin's opposition led Sen. David Bradley, D-Tucson, to question him as to whether he's actually read the Common Core standards that have been adopted by 45 states.

"I've been exposed to them,'' Melvin responded.

Pressed by Bradley for specifics, Melvin said he understands that "some of the reading material is borderline pornographic.'' And he said the program uses "fuzzy math,'' substituting letters for numbers in some examples.

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Has the esteemed gentleman from Arizona ever heard of freakin' ALGEBRA, Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch!!

[struggle4progress]

1. Find x

[AgingAmerican]

9. Pythagorus had it figured out in 570 BC

2500 years later, the GOP still hasn't

[3catwoman3]

11. Haven't you heard?

According to some RWNJs, it is only the "so-called" Pythagorean Theorem.

[AgingAmerican]

12. Oh yeah, I forgot...

...it's only a 'theory®'.

[Autumn]

2. Seriously, were these people born yesterday as full adults that they

skipped learning anything at all? How the fuck does one grow up into an adult that actually gets ELECTED to office and shit like this spews out of their fucking brain? Good fucking grief.

[pokerfan]

3. I suppose telling him that it's algebra

would just freak him out even more.

[Thor_MN]

4. Well algae is like mold isn't it ? and that's like bad, right?

[pokerfan]

5. well, that

but mostly because it's muslim.

Al-Qaeda, Al-Gebra, what's the difference to a right winger?

[Thor_MN]

6. Bust? AlGe Bra?

I'm giggling like an 8th grader...

[Lasher]

7. That must be the borderline porn he was thinking of.

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[Art_from_Ark]

8. In second grade, we used "n" (for "number") to show an unknown quantity

"John has 5 apples. He needs n more apples to make 8. How many more apples does he need?

5 + n = 8

[okaawhatever]

13. Well sure, that's back when we had family values. Now they're using X for unknown value. Clearly a

liberal plot to bring pornography into math class. Why are the liberals allowed to push their X-rated math agenda? As he said, the reading is already borderline pornographic.

[Recursion]

10. Well, it was invented by an Afhgani

Maybe it has all just been a big conspiracy...

[Enrique]

14. it's in the Bible

"the letter shall not lie down with the number"

[Bandit]

15. Especially the letter X because then it would be X rated.